For the first time, ALL THE WAY and THE GREAT SOCIETY were read back to back in public as part of the Seattle Repertory Theater’s New Play Festival.
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ALL THE WAY NOMINATED FOR STEINBERG AWARD
The American Theatre Critics Association announced today that Robert Schenkkan’s ALL THE WAY has been nominated for the 2012 ATCA/Steinberg Award along with five other writers. Past winners include August Wilson, Moises Kaufman, Adam Rapp, Nilo Cruz, Lynn Nottage and Horton Foote.
FIRST READING OF GREAT SOCIETY
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival held a private reading of the first draft of THE GREAT SOCIETY.
SCHENKKAN GOES TO MACDOWELL COLONY
Robert Schenkkan will be in residence at the famed MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire from October 3 through October 31, working on THE GREAT SOCIETY, the sequel to ALL THE WAY.
SCHENKKAN HIRED TO ADAPT THE DEMONOLIGIST
Robert Schenkkan has been hired by Bob Zemeckis’ Film Company ImageMovers and Universal Pictures to Andrew Pyper’s unpublished novel, THE DEMONOLOGIST, as a feature film.
July 2012
ALL THE WAY will run at Oregon Shakespeare Festival from July 25th-November 3 , in the Angus Bowmer Theater, directed by OSF Artistic Director, Bill Rauch.
1963. An assassin’s bullet catapults Lyndon Baines Johnson into the presidency. A Shakespearean figure of towering ambition and appetite, the charismatic, conflicted Texan hurls himself into Civil Rights legislation., throwing the country into turmoil. Alternately bullying and beguiling, he enacts major social programs, faces down opponents, and wins the 1964 election in a landslide. But in faraway Vietnam, a troublesome conflict looms.
Learn more at Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s website.
PRIMARY STAGES GALA
Schenkkan participates in the 2011 Primary Stages gala honoring Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1918-2011.
PEN CENTER FINALIST IN LITERARY AWARD IN TELEPLAY
Robert Schenkkan’s work on Episode 8 of THE PACIFIC was announced as a finalist in the 2011 PEN Center USA Literary Awards in Teleplay.
HUMANITAS SELECTS SCHENKKAN AS FINALIST IN 2011 AWARDS
Robert Schenkkan’s work on Episode 8 of THE PACIFIC was announced as a finalist in the 2011 Humanitas Awards.
FEBRUARY 2011
- Schenkkan wins Writers Guild Of America Award for Best Writing on a Miniseries for Episode 8 of The Pacific. (Co-Winner with Michelle Ashford.)
- Schenkkan receives two nominations for Writers Guild Longform Awards for The Pacific, Part 4 (with Graham Yost) and Part 8 (with Michelle Ashford.)